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Following MSL & M2020 on Mars.

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65dBnoise, to space
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From time to time #Perseverance uses its fixed down looking camera, or EDL_RDCAM, to record movies of, well, the ground 🥴 , probably while the ground radar RIFMAX does its thing. And let's not forget that it's the same camera that captured those epic images during the rover's descent to the Martian ground.

Debayered, processed EDL_RDCAM
Image captured from RMC 51.0030
Sol 1094, LMST: 12:55:27

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01094/ids/edr/browse/edl/EDE_1094_0764061319_591ECM_N0510030EDLC09016_0010LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@65dBnoise

Would you happen to know if anyone has processed a timelapse movie of the down-look camera images acquired on sol 910 :)

PaulHammond51, (edited ) to space
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Perseverance bit off more than it could chew.
Mars Guy - Episode 154
https://youtu.be/6xW8JXZGsFU

PaulHammond51, to space
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Images from Sol 1086 show us that the rover acquired a fractured core, but it appears as though it was lost during transfer to the imaging station (MastCam & CacheCam) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

duncanhart, to art
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‘Fun Fairy at Daisy Nook’ (1953) by L.S. Lowry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry

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@duncanhart Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs 😁

65dBnoise, to space
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Observing the results of your laser tests with your ⍉110mm telescope.

's SUPERCAM telescope is concentric with its two laser beams coming out from a 1200W laser diode (and a low power third one used in auto-focus). And has a microphone to hear the laser blasts and the Martian wind.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking SSW (200°) from RMC 50.1618
Sol 1081, LMST: 11:21:50

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01081/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1081_0762901493_210EBY_N0501618SCAM02081_0330I6J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise

I thought it was cool that the Titanium plate is not only used to calibrate the laser at different temperatures, but also to determine the speed of sound on Mars :) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00764-w

65dBnoise, (edited ) to scifi
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Imagine this isn't but something 10 times bigger and centuries later, and the operation isn't abrading a rock for science, but surface mining Mars for profit. Is that ? Or is it just the ugly future for Mars?

Processed, leveled, cropped FRONT_HAZCAM_LEFT_A
looking N (10°) from RMC 50.1618
Sol 1080, LMST: 12:50:23

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01080/ids/edr/browse/fcam/FLF_1080_0762818163_942ECM_N0501618FHAZ00215_04_090J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 If they discover a supply of ink-jet printer ink they should be on a winner
🤣 🤣 🤣

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 Mine is a bit of an antique Canon, no fax on this one. but I refuse to pay the sky high prices for new ink cartridges, so it has been demoted to just the occasional scanning of documents. In the good old days (decades ago) I had an Epson that did photo quality prints that did not cost an arm and a leg to replace the cartridges. That Epson Tom has sounds like he'd need a second mortgage to replace all 11 cartridges

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PaulHammond51, to space
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Sol 1080 Roughly processed NavCam and raw SHERLOC WATSON image of the latest abrasion patch on the Bunsen Peak target.

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65dBnoise, to space
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It's now Sol 1080 of the Mars2020 mission. Local Mars time is 08:37:33.

This is a weather report for the past 5 sols for Jezero, Mars, using data from the instrument aboard .

Report Sol: 1074
Ls: 206.4°

Temperature (sudden drop):
Highs: -22.6 to -17.1°C
Lows: -77.7 to -74.2°C

Pressure:
693.1 to 707.9 Pa

Minimum air density:
0.0141 to 0.0147 kg/m³
( would be starting to fly at low rpm, if it could).

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PaulHammond51,
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@65dBnoise Thanks for these :)

Q1 - Is all of the raw pressure / temperature data available in the 'system', or have you had to grab all of the 5 day reports?

Q2 - Do you know if it's the ground or air temperature that they report?

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@65dBnoise Thanks, your LA certainly earns its keep :)

PaulHammond51, to space
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CSI Ingenuity - Mars Guy Episode 152

Ingenuity Crash Scene investigation using new images.

https://youtu.be/SOcrwssfkl8

@stim3on

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Dare Mighty Things 😀

65dBnoise, to space
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Some progress with the SHERLOC instrument tosol.

Animation

Processed to look like steampunk steel
MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking NNW (327°) from RMC 50.1618
Sol 1075, LMST: 13:03:03

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01075/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1075_0762375064_678ECM_N0501618ZCAM05177_110085J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 Did you look at the timestamps. The shadows hint it was not a quick process.

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 A few more days and they may get it open if they can carry on with that progress.

PaulHammond51, to Kurzgesagt
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Earlier today on Mars: Curiosity rover has been busy drilling a new sample hole. Attached is a HazCam image acquired after drilling. I have added a couple of arrows pointing at the small heap of powdered rock around the drill hole. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

65dBnoise, to random
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It seems strange to me that there aren't any other scuffs in the regolith made by the rotors when they supposedly hit the ground.

Here is a theory:

• The blades disintegrated in mid-air.
• The scuffs we see were not made by the rotors but by the helicopter's feet; it dropped fast, bounced, and then landed at its final location.
• The disintegrated blades spread to pieces so they are not seen around the incident, except for one which flew south, almost intact.

Crude animation:

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@AkaSci @65dBnoise @tom30519 @stim3on

I guess it is also possible that the initial impact site was closer to the intended landing site, and that resulted if the 10 meter 'hop' to where it sits today.

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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It looks like they are trying to image the #MarsHelicopter with the telescope, as we all expected 🤩

EDIT: The images are aimed at the direction of #Ingenuity, i.e. 319°, albeit a little to the south of it.

Heavily processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking NW (320°) from RMC 50.1534
Sol 1068, LMST: 10:21:05

Have a look at the originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01068/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1068_0761743679_302EBY_N0501534SCAM01068_0010I9J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01068/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1068_0761744012_302EBY_N0501534SCAM01068_0040I9J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise
Background image 3 credit: @stim3on

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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@65dBnoise @tom30519 They surely have to get one of the detached blade as well?

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@tom30519 @65dBnoise Now we're talking :)

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@stim3on @65dBnoise @tom30519 Nice :)

65dBnoise, to space
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New sol, new location for . A short 3m drive N to RMC 50.1618. The green dashed line goes to .

Map made with and data from 's JSON with imagery from and

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@65dBnoise @stim3on I'm wondering if they'll go the Full Monty and rip off the dust cover when all else fails.

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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!! [*]

managed to move its blades more this time, on Sol 1055. The team wants to assess the damage it suffered after the eventful that brought an end to its flying on Mars.

Animation

  • "We Are Not Dead Yet". Ingenuity team's moto, per Teddy Tzanetos, PM

Rotated for north up HELI_NAV
Image captured from RMC 72.0001/803
Sol 1055, LMST: 09:07:40

One original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01055/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_1055_0760585070_618ECM_N0720001HELI00803_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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@65dBnoise looks like a wiggle to me 😊

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@65dBnoise Fingers crossed they provide a suitable window for the helicopter team....

If my math is correct they have acquired 853 images since fight 72 landed (at the time of this post)

PaulHammond51, to space
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Mars Guy - Episode 149
'Perseverance is in a jam'
Early in January Perseverance deployed its SHERLOC instrument on a rock, and nothing happened. The dust cover hadn’t opened. Ten sols later, it opened, but only partially. Is this now the end of a mission critical tool?
https://youtu.be/2Y-UlNW6azo

65dBnoise, to space
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Here is #Ingenuity wiggling/turning its blades, at 9 AM on Sol 1048.

Animation

Processed, rotated for north up HELI_NAV images played at 5 fpm
Captured from RMC 72.0001/167
Sol 1048, LMST: 09:01:18

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01048/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_1048_0759963256_715ECM_N0720001HELI00167_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

PaulHammond51,
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@65dBnoise thanks 😊

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@stim3on @65dBnoise The only time I recall them turning the wheels like that was during sample drops. That was explained... To prevent a sample tube from bouncing into a wheel.

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